diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
index 54ccab0c5e..f220518e7e 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem(const EntityItemID& ent
     _yTexture(nullptr),
     _zTexture(nullptr) {
     setVoxelVolumeSize(_voxelVolumeSize);
+    getMeshAsync();
 }
 
 RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::~RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem() {
@@ -155,7 +156,6 @@ glm::mat4 RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::worldToVoxelMatrix() const {
 
 
 bool RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::setVoxel(int x, int y, int z, uint8_t toValue) {
-    auto now = usecTimestampNow();
     if (_locked) {
         return false;
     }
@@ -170,8 +170,6 @@ bool RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::setVoxel(int x, int y, int z, uint8_t toValue)
         compressVolumeDataAndSendEditPacket();
     }
 
-    auto timeSpent = usecTimestampNow() - now;
-    qDebug() << "RenderablePolyVoxEntityItem::setVoxel timeSpent =" << timeSpent;
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
index eb81c122e7..d65e05464b 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
@@ -188,9 +188,6 @@ void PolyVoxEntityItem::debugDump() const {
 
 void PolyVoxEntityItem::setVoxelData(QByteArray voxelData)
 {
-    qDebug() << "5d301155-faf9-44dd-8e8b-061a03d42c0f parent setVoxelData for" << getName() << getID() << ((void *)this)
-             << typeid(*this).name();
-
     _voxelDataLock.lockForWrite();
     _voxelData = voxelData;
     _voxelDataDirty = true;